105 minutes — 14A, 35mm, Anton Corbijn, United States, 2010
Since Out of Sight, George Clooney has produced perhaps the most diverse and worthwhile body of work of any movie star of our era. This time, he's an assassin on the verge of retirement, who tempts fate by stepping from the shadows for romance. (Happiness, bang, bang, shoot, shoot?)
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